Nigeria keeps building airports - but where are the passengers?

Proliferation of airport projects is at odds with concentration of air passenger traffic Last Thursday the governor of Zamfara, one of Nigeria's poorest states, held a ceremony to mark the start of construction on an international airport in the state capital Gusau."The economic benefits and multiplier effects ? are quite enormous," Dauda Lawal said. "The airport will have a tremendous impact on the ease of doing business and other social interactions [here]." Continue reading...